Seventh Post

I know I have probably tortured my diligent readers by not posting for the last few weeks, but I was on vacation and enjoying every minute of it. Obviously during our two week vacation I have had plenty of time to read, so I am full of information and observations, so get ready cause I'm about to spew. I will begin where I left off, the Great Brain Series. At this point, the Great Brain has just left for Salt Lake City, where he will be attending a catholic secondary school with his older brother Swen. After many tears and a long goodbye, the eldest Fitzgerald boys board the train and head off for Salt Lake City. A few days later, the youngest Fitzgerald son, the narrator, realizes that with his older brother and his great brain gone, this is his opportunity! Though he has only a little brain,” he figures he is still smart enough and has learned enough from Tom that he can rule the town. this is when the trouble starts. His parents have determined that since he is going to be doing all his and his brothers chores, they will change his allowance from 10¢ to 20¢. And while that doesn’t seem like much today, at the period, it was the equivalent of raising his allowance from $2.50 to $5.00, and mind you it’s an eight year old boy. Then John’s “little brain” has a big idea, he decides to hire the poor boys in town to do all the chores for 10¢. He deceives the boys and his parents into believing that he’s doing them all a favor.

TO BE CONTINUED…